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ssa-pia
spec v1.0.0 · 250 open casesInputs
| Field | Type | Valid domain |
|---|---|---|
| aime | float | 0 – 30,000 |
| claimAge | int | 62 – 70 |
| fullRetirementAge | choice | 66 | 67 |
- AIME (the 35-year indexed earnings average) is the caller's input — computing it from an earnings record is out of scope. Bend points are the 2026 eligibility-year pair; the 90/32/15 factors are fixed in law. PIA rounds down to the dime (SSA rule); the monthly benefit rounds down to the whole dollar as SSA pays it. Claiming ages are whole years; delayed credits stop at 70.
All fields required. Out-of-domain values are rejected with per-field errors — never clamped. Unknown fields are rejected.
Live example — generated from the real engine
Request
POST /api/v1/models/ssa-pia
{
"aime": 15000,
"claimAge": 66,
"fullRetirementAge": 66
}Response (chart arrays compacted)
{
"ok": true,
"model": "ssa-pia",
"specVersion": "1.0.0",
"contractUrl": "/api/v1/models/ssa-pia",
"specUrl": "/api/v1/models/ssa-pia/spec",
"inputs": {
"aime": 15000,
"claimAge": 66,
"fullRetirementAge": 66
},
"outputs": {
"piaMonthly": 4313.2,
"claimAdjustmentFactor": 1,
"monthlyBenefit": 4313,
"annualBenefit": 51756,
"marginalReplacementPct": 15
},
"sentinels": [],
"assumptions": [
"Implements model spec ssa-pia v1.0.0 (Concordance-tested: independently reimplemented from the spec).",
"AIME (the 35-year indexed earnings average) is the caller's input — computing it from an earnings record is out of scope. Bend points are the 2026 eligibility-year pair; the 90/32/15 factors are fixed in law. PIA rounds down to the dime (SSA rule); the monthly benefit rounds down to the whole dollar as SSA pays it. Claiming ages are whole years; delayed credits stop at 70."
],
"facts": [
{
"id": "ssa.pia.bend-point-1.2026",
"label": "PIA formula first bend point (2026 eligibility)",
"value": 1286,
"period": "2026 eligibility year",
"source": "SSA OACT, Primary Insurance Amount formula"
},
{
"id": "ssa.pia.bend-point-2.2026",
"label": "PIA formula second bend point (2026 eligibility)",
"value": 7749,
"period": "2026 eligibility year",
"source": "SSA OACT, Primary Insurance Amount formula"
},
{
"id": "ssa.claim-at-62.factor.fra-67",
"label": "Benefit at 62 as fraction of PIA, for FRA 67 (60 months early)",
"value": 0.7,
"period": "permanent (birth year 1960+)",
"source": "SSA, Effect of Early or Delayed Retirement"
},
{
"id": "ssa.delayed-credit-to-70.factor.fra-67",
"label": "Benefit at 70 as multiple of PIA, for FRA 67 (8%/yr × 3 yrs)",
"value": 1.24,
"period": "permanent (birth year 1943+ credit rate)",
"source": "SSA, Delayed Retirement Credits"
}
],
"record": {
"sha256": "ee37c1453609959169f44315aabb9e3660ca81f443a83c795e492af31a03bfb7",
"fields": [
"model",
"specVersion",
"inputs",
"outputs"
],
"howToVerify": "Store this record with any advice or agent output built on these numbers. To verify later: build {model, specVersion, inputs, outputs} from the stored response, serialize as JSON with object keys sorted recursively (no whitespace), and SHA-256 it — a match proves the numbers came from this spec version with these inputs, unaltered."
},
"disclaimer": "Illustrative planning model, not financial advice. Outputs follow the published model spec exactly; read the spec for assumptions and exclusions before relying on any number."
}This example is executed against the production engine when the page builds — it cannot drift from the API's real behavior.